Improvement in moth-traps



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Moth-Trap.

Patented June 8,1875.

INVENTOR /MM M 404 ATTORNEYS WITNESSES MW THE GRA PHIC G0.PNOTO-LlTH-398.41 PARK PLAGEJX.

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I l. NEAL.

Moth-Trap.

No, 164,192} PatentedJune8,l875. v

WITNESSES I INVENTOE ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JAooB NEAL, OF, MoULTon, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOTH-TRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164,199, dated J une 8,1875; application filed April 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB NEAL, of Moulton, in the county of Appanooseand State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inBee-Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a front view of mybee-hive, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same. Fig. 3 is averticalsectional view, and Figs. 4 and '5 are detail views of the moth-slides.

This invention has relation to bee-hives; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of a bee-hive, as hereinafter morefully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the wall of thebee-chamber of the hive, provided with observation-windows a andventilating-openings b. B indicates the inclined base of thebee-chamber, and O a partition-wall dividing said bee-chamber into twoportions, communicating by the passageholes 0 through the partition. 1)represents the comb-frames, provided with pivots d, which are seated inthe vertical notches e in the upper and inside edge of the chamberwalls.N are central comb standards or braces. Covering the divisions of thebeechamber are the boards E, which have passage-openings e andcovering-slides d. Upon these rest the honey-boxes F, which areinclosed'by the hive-cap H, the lower inside edge of whose wall israbbeted to fit the edge of the wall of the bee-chamber snugly. Underthe transverse walls A of the hive, and under the partition-wall O ingrooves g, are located concave mothslides m, the sides of which arenotched, to form entrances for the moth from the bee-chamber-the wall ofthe groove-seat of the slide being sufficiently above the floor of thehive to expose the notch-entrances. At the front of the hive, above theentrances somewhat, a groove-seat is provided on the inside of the wallA, and two moth-slides are introduced therein {from opposite sides, asshown at n. These slides may be made of wood or metal. The slides a areperforated in rear to allow the bee breath-passage into the slide, andout through perforations v} in the wall of the bee-chamber.

Below these perforations are located ledges or platforms, having theirfront edges turned upward, as indicated at K, for the reception of themoth, and above these are large spots, 8, of white paint or paper on thedark wall of the hive, forming a strong contrast, and serving as anaddition to the odor of the bees in decoying the moth away from theentrance to frame is triangular in cross-section, and from its middle ahoney-post extends downward to the bottom of the frame. These sashes orframes are so hung that they do not touch each other, nor are they incontact with the wall of the hive. Therefore the bees are not liable towax the sash together, or to the hive-wall.

The object of dividing the hive in two parts is to avoid interferingwith the beebread and brood-comb in taking the honey. The bees alwaysdeposit their bee-bread and brood-comb in that division of the hive whenthey first commence their work-pure honey only being placed in thesecond division. The base, hive-wall, and honey-cap are secured togetherat each side by strong hooks and staples, and are adapted to be readilydetached from each other when necessary for cleaning or other purposes.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the perforated hive-' wall, of the concavemiller-slides in rear of said perforations, and the check-ledges belowthe moth perforations and above the beeentrances, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

J AGOB NEAL.

Witnesses JAMES G. WEsT, ISAIAH IRVIN.

